Pair of PlanetX fork bags and cages for the Silk Road. Was going to get a pair of BBB Stackpacks but seemed quite difficult to find in the UK and these were a little cheaper, with an extra 10% off this weekend. Quite impressed to be honest, cages hold the bags (I went for the 4L ones) securely, thou...

I've been pleased with the XR2 rear /XR3 front combo on my bike so far since fitting them in July. Not big miles, but cush aplenty and decent grip/rolling resistance. Really easy to set up tubeless too... Still looking at going bigger at the front given my 2.4 XR3 seems so undersized compared with ...

I've been pleased with the XR2 rear /XR3 front combo on my bike so far since fitting them in July. Not big miles, but cush aplenty and decent grip/rolling resistance. Really easy to set up tubeless too... Still looking at going bigger at the front given my 2.4 XR3 seems so undersized compared with 2...

and brought me, 1 x beerbabe custom jones bar bag, beerbabe stuff is brilliant. Ton, how do you rate the bag? I was trying to get a Jones bag for my Geoff bars, but Bothy Bikes weren't holding out much hope of getting restocked, so was looking at alternatives. Was considering an Alpkit Dropbear, so...

they look nice. I raided the IT dept. for double sided velcro cable tidies last time I was in the office unless these straps double back on them selfs, I find I can't get tight enought. - what ever the velcro or reinforcement rubber /hypalon /pvc/ tpu or webbing I find that's where these Alpkit one...

https://i.postimg.cc/tJn25qjM/20210812-144831-1.jpg A few "veloops" from Alpkit. Don't think they are on their website but I think these are some of the better bag attachment straps out there. Rubberised backing and very tidy. 2nd lot I've bought as seem to be slowly replacing the OE stra...

https://i.postimg.cc/6px093Nb/20210805-181857.jpg Blackburn Outpost bike/camp light. Seems quite thoughtfully designed, though relatively limited run times mean I'm not sure you could really use it for the bike, then as a headtorch but we'll see. Decent bike mount and luggage/daisy chain mount, plu...

...Blackburn Outpost Elite framebag,

Maybe I should have gone full custom but this will probably do the job for now. Need to remember where I put my mag clips for the bladder hose, otherwise I'll need to order another set...

I've got the same fork on my Silk Road. Looks to be same as the fork they put on their carbon Whippet but with triple bosses. Ive found that the face of the fork that the bosses are mounted on is angled "inwards" which potentially means bigger cages might foul the spokes, or the post-mount...

https://i.postimg.cc/mrZWGs9c/20210707-170630.jpg A couple of Wolftooth bits; B-rad base to extend the bottle cage position on the down tube of the new bike, so I can run a half frame bag. Also 2 x bottle shift mounts to hopefully allow me to use the bosses on the seatstays - though just realised I...

First ride out last night and really impressed, found the bars comfortable, as was the riding position for the most part, though still occasionally found myself wanting to naturally move back a few cm on saddle, but it's already back to max rearward position marking on the rails. ...love the monster...

I wear my Wahoo one on my shoe, as there's not enough room next to my cranks either. That's a good idea! I was considering whether I could attach it to the inside of the chainring, but as only 32t there ain't much room there either. Other thought was, there are some large indents on the inside of t...

First ride out on the new bike tonight, and thought I'd throw on a Garmin cadence sensor before I left. There isn't room to clear the non-drive side chainstay (bike is running 29x2.35). There's just about enough room on the drive side crank, close to the chainring but that doesn't seem a sensible pl...

I have the Alpkit Drop Bear bag which I got for my Confucius bars but have now put Geoff bars on and the bag still fits fine, in fact there is a bit more space now. Bump as I'm interested in the same thing. I'm guessing the DropBear means you can't really run lights or computer on the main bar, giv...

waiting on the planet X pricing roulette The rollercoaster pricing policy seems to have reduced since the stepping back of Dave Loughran, they don't seem to have the same end of quarter dash for turnover these days. It still happens to a degree. I ordered mine during the 3rd time they discounted it...

Nice. That looks like a real crossing-countries bike. Currently fighting the feeling it's a little too short - stick with it a while maybe? Just for the sake of experimentation in a new bike. I've found a short bike can get better the longer I ride it vs a long bike getting less comfy after a while...

Fitted the 2.35 XR2 back, 2.4 XR3 front. Rear tyre comes out wider than the front, though both on same rims. With the "cathedral arch" fork there is a LOT of clearance so may get something wider, given the consensus seems to be go wider at the front if possible... https://i.postimg.cc/kXzJ...

https://i.postimg.cc/630J1Q6k/20210630-205148.jpg Titus Silk Road arrived today. Swapped seatpost and the rigid Impac tyres for Bonty XR3 front and xr2 on the back. Weirdly the 2.4 front comes up smaller than tbe 2.35 rear, same rims so go figure...vast amount of clearance at the the front so could...

2nd hand Thomson Elite 30.9mm x 410mm seatpost from eBay, to go on the new bike.

Tyres and tubeless tape arrived, plus some ESI XXL grips for the Geoff bars. Now just need the bike to arrive...due Wednesday

All Terrain Cycles is one of my LBS, I used to work about 200m from them. One time when I was in there getting some tyres they commented that if the Bonty's had "Maxxis" written on them they'd sell out in minutes. Email from ATC saying tyres on their way. Relieved as they were showing as ...

I'm in a similar boat in having to sell bikes to thin out the "collection" and make some room but find it really difficult to do, Also a seemingly repeating theme with some of the bikes overlapping in use case, example; Singlespeed (takes 38mm tyres and mudguards but v-brakes)...intention ...

Planet x emailed today to say that they've brought forward my build date to early next week, so will hopefully find out how easy the XRs are to mount tubeless fairly soon :-bd Hope the tyres arrive in time, & still need to order tubeless tape. ESI XXL grips for the Geoff bars arrived today too. ...

Thanks for the advice. Ordered an XR3 2.4 for the front and a XR2 2.35 for the back. £35.99 each from All Terrain Cycles, so not as bargainous as some of your previous finds, but looked to be stock unlike the larger Mezcals... Looks like these Bontragers might also be slightly undersized (according ...

The silk road is a very nice looking bike. Enjoy it. Thanks, but it's got to get here first (pessimistic, moi?). Also putting Geoff bars on it, to try and get close to the Beyond Adv feel. I think I'd ruled out 2.25 in tyres as wanted bigger (given I was originally going for 29+), but think 2.6 fro...